企好 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 李幸倪

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the empowering message of Gin Lee's “企好”, a Cantonese song that teaches you to stand tall and embrace self-love through its heartfelt lyrics. Learn Cantonese and find inspiration in this beautiful ballad that encourages resilience in the face of adversity.

[English]

It's not yours.

Who told you to take it so seriously?

You're not happy? It's no use, you can't win their love.

In the end, you'll have to learn how to live with old wounds.

Right now, you're hurting.

But after a few days, you'll feel better.

Don't sit there hugging your knees, complaining that the world is unfair.

Take a hit at the end.

How can you not fall?

Memorize these eight words.

Remember to stand up straight.

Since regret is a done deal.

Is falling forever really better?

Seeking sympathy, seeking comfort.

That's the worst approach.

If you don't save yourself, you won't protect your future.

If you're smart, find a way out sooner, even if you have enemies, let it go.

Humans are vertebrates, why fear dancing alone?

I used to misunderstand, pretending to be weak.

So the other person wouldn't have the heart to hurt me.

But I've seen how, even after loving so deeply, they can be so cruel.

In this day and age, perhaps there is no more pity.

Take a hit at the end.

How can you not fall?

Memorize these eight words.

Remember to stand up straight.

Since regret is a done deal.

Is falling forever really better?

Seeking sympathy, seeking comfort.

That's the worst approach.

If you don't save yourself, you won't protect your future.

If you're smart, find a way out sooner, even if you have enemies, let it go.

Humans are vertebrates, why fear dancing alone?

Don't wait for him to treat you well.

After all, you'll get old in the blink of an eye.

Use the strength to hold up the sky.

Stand taller than his vision.

If you're dying.

Turn back sooner.

Stand up straight again.

Remember to stand up straight.

Anyone can dance alone.

It's his bad luck, it doesn't affect your well-being.

Let's bet on our future.

If we go our separate ways.

Let's wait and see who can't make it.

Stand up straight when you see this.

First, throw away the crutches, that person is you.

Be busy living a good life, why appeal?

[Chinese]

不是你的

誰叫你 看到這麼重

你不服氣嗎 也沒用處 爭不到愛寵

最尾 如何和舊傷擁抱過活 你終於都要懂

現在你會很痛

然而捱若干天 鬱結就通

別抱膝 含淚訴苦 天對你不公

臨完場捱一刀

如何才能不倒

背熟這 八字訣

記住挺直腰骨企好

遺憾既然 已成定數

終生跌下去 難道更加好

求同情 求安撫

是最差勁套路

不自救 餘年不保

你若聰明 該早點找到出口 縱有仇別報

人是脊椎生物 何懼獨舞

我 從前曾誤解 裝作軟弱

對方不忍殺生

但是我見識過 明明曾熱戀的 可這樣狠

在這種時代也許 不再有惻隱

臨完場捱一刀

如何才能不倒

背熟這 八字訣

記住挺直腰骨企好

遺憾既然 已成定數

終生跌下去 難道更加好

求同情 求安撫

是最差勁套路

不自救 餘年不保

你若聰明 該早點找到出口 縱有仇別報

人是脊椎生物 何懼獨舞

不應等他對你好

畢竟一轉眼就老

用撐起穹蒼之氣

站得比他眼界高

彌留之軀

回頭請早

昂然再立正

挺直腰骨企好

誰沒了誰 也能起舞

他的福氣薄 無礙你安好

拿前程來打賭

若各走各路途

等著看 誰捱不到

見字企好

首先將 拐杖拋開 那個人是你

忙著過好生活 何用上訴

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
痛 /tòng/ A2	noun - pain
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love
傷 /shāng/ A2	noun - injury
痛苦 /tòng kǔ/ B1	noun - suffering
出口 /chū kǒu/ B1	noun - exit
獨舞 /dú wǔ/ B2	noun - solo dance
生活 /shēng huó/ A1	noun - life
明明 /míng míng/ B2	adverb - clearly
仇 /chóu/ B2	noun - grudge
安撫 /ān fǔ/ B2	verb - to soothe
遺憾 /yí hàn/ C1	noun - regret
脊椎 /jǐ zhuī/ C1	noun - spine
穹蒼 /qióng cāng/ C2	noun - sky
生活 /shēng huó/ A1	noun - life
高 /gāo/ A1	adjective - high

Key Grammar Structures

• 你不服氣嗎 也沒用處 爭不到愛寵

  ➔ Interrogative sentence structure

  ➔ The phrase "你不服氣嗎" uses an interrogative structure to ask if the listener is not unconvinced.

• 別抱膝 含淚訴苦 天對你不公

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "別抱膝" is an imperative command telling someone not to hug their knees.

• 你若聰明 該早點找到出口

  ➔ Conditional sentence

  ➔ The phrase "你若聰明" introduces a condition, meaning 'if you are smart'.

• 人是脊椎生物 何懼獨舞

  ➔ Subject-verb-object structure

  ➔ The phrase "人是脊椎生物" follows the subject-verb-object structure, meaning 'humans are vertebrates'.

• 用撐起穹蒼之氣 站得比他眼界高

  ➔ Resultative complement

  ➔ The phrase "站得比他眼界高" uses a resultative complement to indicate the outcome of standing higher than someone else's perspective.

• 忙著過好生活 何用上訴

  ➔ Rhetorical question

  ➔ The phrase "何用上訴" is a rhetorical question implying that there is no need to appeal.